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This is a list of the tallest people, verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history , measuring 272 cm (8 ft 11 in) at the time of his death.
Igor Vovkovinskiy [a] (also known as Igor Ladan; September 18, 1982 – August 20, 2021) was a Ukrainian-American law student, actor and tallest living person in the United States, [1] at 7 feet 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (234.5 cm), briefly taking the record from George Bell. Vovkovinskiy performing during the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 251 cm (8 ft 2.82 in). [2]Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland. [3]
In 2022, he completed a deal to take over social platform X (formerly Twitter) and became one of the wealthiest people in the world. Musk owns the top spot on X with his 199.1 million followers ...
Hussain Mahamed Ahmed, [1] more commonly known as Hussain Bisad (born 1975) (Somali: Xuseen Maxamed Axmed (Xuseen Bisad)) is one of the tallest people in the world and the tallest known person in the UK, at 2.32 m (7 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). He held the record for the largest hands of anyone alive until Sultan Kosen took the record. His hands are 10 ...
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man.He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
Michel Lotito began eating unusual material at 9 years of age, [3] and he performed publicly beginning in 1966, around the age of 16. He had an eating disorder known as pica, which is a psychological disorder characterised by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive.
Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun; born November 2, 1951) is a Chinese herdsman from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, recognized by Guinness World Records as one of the world's tallest living men at 7 feet 9 inches (236 cm) tall. [1] He was formerly certified as the tallest living man by the Guinness World Records.